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It’s More Exciting than Landing a Movie with Tom Cruise

The following post was written by actress and Young Ambassador, Malin Akerman. A couple weeks ago in L.A., I had the pleasure of reuniting with two incredible women, Geralyn Sheehan, Program Director at Opportunity Nicaragua, and Debbie Levin, President of the Environmental Media Association (EMA). I met Debbie when I got involved with EMA’s School Read more…

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Young Ambassador Malin Akerman at EMA Event on Opportunity Nicaragua at the Microsoft Experience

Environmentalists, Opportunity staff, and some of Hollywood’s finest came together to support entrepreneurship, microfinance and education at last week’s benefit hosted by Malin Akerman and the Environmental Media Association (EMA). The benefit raised funds for Opportunity Nicaragua’s Emprendedora School, located near Granada. Microsoft generously hosted the event at its new venue, The Microsoft Experience, and Read more…

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Vote for Opportunity: We’re a finalist in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2010

Opportunity International is one of 12 organizations selected out of a pool of 250 as a finalist in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2010: Places on the Edge – Saving Coastal and Freshwater Destinations. Changemakers, along with National Geographic, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) have chosen to recognize our work in Read more…

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